Use the labels in the right column to find what you want. Or you can go thru them one by one, there are only 14807 posts. Searching is done in the search box in upper left corner. I blog on anything to do with stroke.DO NOT DO ANYTHING SUGGESTED HERE AS I AM NOT MEDICALLY TRAINED, YOUR DOCTOR IS, LISTEN TO THEM. BUT I BET THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET YOU 100% RECOVERED. I DON'T EITHER, BUT HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS FOR YOUR DOCTOR TO ANSWER.

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Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain!Just think of all thetrillions and trillions of neuronsthatDIEeach daybecause there areNOeffective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 493 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.My back ground story is here:http://oc1dean.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-background-story_8.html

Sunday, May 14, 2017

Anatomical Parameters of tDCS to Modulate the Motor System after Stroke: A Review

Abstract

Transcranial
direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation
method to modulate the local field potential in neural tissue and
consequently, cortical excitability. As tDCS is relatively portable,
affordable, and accessible, the applications of tDCS to probe
brain–behavior connections have rapidly increased in the last 10 years.
One of the most promising applications is the use of tDCS to modulate
excitability in the motor cortex after stroke and promote motor
recovery. However, the results of clinical studies implementing tDCS to
modulate motor excitability have been highly variable, with some studies
demonstrating that as many as 50% or more of patients fail to show a
response to stimulation. Much effort has therefore been dedicated to
understand the sources of variability affecting tDCS efficacy. Possible
suspects include the placement of the electrodes, task parameters during
stimulation, dosing (current amplitude, duration of stimulation,
frequency of stimulation), individual states (e.g., anxiety, motivation,
attention), and more. In this review, we first briefly review potential
sources of variability specific to stroke motor recovery following
tDCS. We then examine how the anatomical variability in tDCS placement
[e.g., neural target(s) and montages employed] may alter the
neuromodulatory effects that tDCS exerts on the post-stroke motor
system.

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